L.E.D. Flashers Woes; Mystery disconnect harness

[workmeistr]

Hi, folks,
I got my electronic L.E.D. flasher today from superbrightleds.com in hopes of eliminating the “hyper flash” without having to run in-line resistors.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/tail-brake-turn.html (down on the page)
After contorting myself and wrestling the huge wire harness trunk that prevented removal of the stock flasher, I installed the L.E.D. flasher only to have my 15amp turn-signal fuse blow when I turned the ignition key to the “on” position. I replaced the fuse and reinserted the stock flasher to make sure all was fine. Then I tried again with the L.E.D. flasher in, blow a 20amp fuse.
Anyway, does anyone have a proven L.E.D. flasher and source that does work. Odds are that it is not just a bad unit, but improper for the job. The flasher specs on the side seems to be within limits, but blows the fuse. John (rowhard), I believe, is running this flasher just fine, but I’m willing to try an alternative if anyone has the information.

The superbright.com flasher:


The stock flasher:


As a bonus question, can anyone identify this harness that I found tucked up in the left side kick panel? I assume it is for the front round driving lights, which I have never seen on, on my VX. It has a 5amp in-line fuse and 3 wires running to the 5-pronged plug: red, yellow and black. Where does this plug in? It’s long and looks like it could reach somewhere in the left-foot floor kick panel cover area. I wasn’t able to get the left kick panel cover off without plastic damage, as my metal, gold-colored, retaining clips had sprung wide open beneath. It’ll take more surgery to safely remove the cover.

[etlsport]

as far as ive seen (and ive seen pretty much my whole vx stripped) ive never seen an in line fuse anywhere in the vx. probably aftermarket... which could be why your front fogs/driving lights dont work.. mine turn on with the tail lights

as for the flasher... i would say just go with in line resistors.. you only need to put them in the front or rear, not both.. i was working on spike's VX and he has an aftermarket flasher for LED turn signals and it makes all his turn signals funky and makes things flash that shouldnt be flashing too

[workmeistr]

I got the kick panel off...nothing but dusty realys and a wadded-up rubber sticky cover, presumably to cut down on dust-ingress, which I couldn't separate from being stuck to itself. I fabbed a similarly-shaped piece out of black vinyl.

I do have in-line resistors and I've seen where people have used them and where they mount them for the front turn signals due to their heat build-up. I'm a little leary about splicing into the wire to install, and, I wouldn't mind converting the front amber side markers to flash in the future, as well. Either I do it all at once or just the front turns for now, and risk having to do in-line resistors for the future side marker-to-turn signals conversion. Decision, decisions.

I just thought that a proven, quality, L.E.D. flasher would eleviate splicing, hot resistors, and keep my side marker mod open...I didn't know that a flasher could make things go waywire. Heck, I didn't know flashers got power with the ignition keyed "on," even before using the turn signal stalk. I never would have thunk it.

[workmeistr]

etlsport
"as for the flasher... i would say just go with in line resistors.. you only need to put them in the front or rear, not both.. i was working on spike's VX and he has an aftermarket flasher for LED turn signals and it makes all his turn signals funky and makes things flash that shouldnt be flashing too"

I think I missed a significant point here. If I went with rear turn signal L.E.D.s and I installed the resistor back there, as I have seen someone here has done, with pictures...I only need that one set of resistors in the rear and that would "load" the flasher to flash at a normal speed, without having to install resistors in the front? I could live with that.

[etlsport]

you got it.. if you get the correct size resistor.. you only need one per side (easiest to install in the tail lights probably).. after that you could add a bunch of LEDs later and it shouldnt affect your flashing speed significantly

[LittleBeast]

you got it.. if you get the correct size resistor.. you only need one per side (easiest to install in the tail lights probably).. after that you could add a bunch of LEDs later and it shouldnt affect your flashing speed significantly

That is exactly what I did, and still have working LED's throughout entire VX and one resistor per side attached to metal behind rear tail lights, works great.